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Why did the Romans conquer the entirety of Europe, get to Scotland, think "fuck it" and just build a wall?

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Average people today don't really care about major political events, so what did the average commoner in say, the Middle Ages think about nations and politics?

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In the Middle Ages and or Roman era, did people know of cancer or was it lumped together with other ills and plagues?

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Did anything similar to the Dutch in South Africa occur during the colonization of the Americas?

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During the Middle Ages, Jews were persecuted by many Christian kingdoms. Why was this even though they relatively believed in the same religion?

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Why did the Romans conquer the entirety of Europe, get to Scotland, think "fuck it" and just build a wall?	662
Average people today don't really care about major political events, so what did the average commoner in say, the Middle Ages think about nations and politics?	7
In the Middle Ages and or Roman era, did people know of cancer or was it lumped together with other ills and plagues?	7
Did anything similar to the Dutch in South Africa occur during the colonization of the Americas?	1
During the Middle Ages, Jews were persecuted by many Christian kingdoms. Why was this even though they relatively believed in the same religion?	0